Shar Mountain traditions celebrated by many at the 2024 Beans Day Festival September 21, 2024 – Tearce, Macedonia 🎉Beans Day, 12th Edition🙌 Over 600 visitors gather in Tearce for the 12th edition of the Beans Day festival celebrate the culture, cuisine and cooperation between the diverse different communities of Shar Mountain. Visitors enjoyed traditional music…
Category: Current Projects
Summer Camp: Open Call for participants for Pestalozzi Children’s Village in Trogen, Switzerland
Winter Camp: Open Call for Participants for at Pestalozzi Children’s Village in Trogen, Switzerland Open Call for International Exchange Program 2025 in Trogen, Switzerland The Center for Education and Development (CED) is thrilled to announce an inspiring opportunity for youth empowerment and international cultural exchange, set in the serene and picturesque Children’s Village in Trogen,…
Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in Shar Mountains
Promoting Sustainable Agriculture in the Shar Mountain August 26, 2024 – Popova Shapka, Macedonia The agricultural community in the Shar Mountain region recently took significant steps toward embracing sustainable practices through a series of initiatives aimed at improving the livelihoods of local farmers. These efforts were part of the ongoing project “Strengthening Rural Areas: Promoting…
Pestalozzi Summer Camp 2024
Summer Camp “Rebels for Peace” in Trogen, Switzerland 2024 Summer Camp “Rebels for Peace” in Trogen, Switzerland 2024 Since 2010, the “Rebels for Peace” summer camp has been a highlight for young people from around the world. This year, from July 7 to July 20, twenty young people from North Macedonia participated in the 2024…
Promoting Inclusion through Extracurricular Activities
Promoting Inclusion through Extracurricular Activities April 2024 – Trstenik, Serbia A new project called “Promoting Inclusion through Extracurricular Activities” is beginning to take root in schools across several European countries and the Western Balkans. This project, a collaboration between Şcoala Gimnazială “Valeriu D. Cotea” Vidra, the Center for Education and Development (CED), and Municipal Primary…
Opening youth Center in Tearce Municipality
The Center for Education and Development (CED) from March 2024 establishes the Youth Center in the region of Tearce Municipality, which will be a real and special space for the local youth, but even more. This initiative is a more than adequate activity, providing a place where young people can come together to learn, grow…
Youth Participation in Rural Areas
In the period May 2023 to February 2024, the Center for Education and Development (CED) has successfully implemented the “Youth Participation in Rural Areas” project, financed by SMART Balkan. This project aimed to empower young people in rural areas, engaging them in an active way in the development and formation of their local communities. The…
Empowering communities in the Shar Mt
The transboundary project is implemented by the Center for Education and Development in partnership with the Macedonian Ecological Society and Local Action Group Sharri – Kosovo from November 2023 to February 2025. The project in the Shar Mountain region addresses habitat destruction and resource overexploitation due to urbanization and other human activities. It focuses on educating local communities and promoting sustainable…
From Remembrance to Reconciliation
“From Remembrance to Reconciliation” is a project that is being implemented by the Center for Education and Development, funded by Peace Action. The project aims to further develop the theme of conflict resolution and peace building. The project focuses on the Polog Region, while the target groups are high school youth and social science professors. For…
‘Inter-religious Cooperation for a Sustainable Community’ NDI
“Inter-religious Cooperation for a Sustainable Community” is a project being carried out by the Center for Education and Development-CED with full support from NDI – North Macedonia. The project aims to promote inter-religious communication and cooperation in the Polog Region to reach a sustainable development of the community. The project comes as a result of the…